US20080214277A1 - Gaming machine - Google Patents
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- The present disclosure relates to subject matter contained in Japanese Patent Application No. 2007-013780 filed on Jan. 24, 2007, which is expressly incorporated herein by reference in its entireties.
- The present invention relates to a gaming machine such as, for example, a slot machine, pinball machine and the like provided with an image display device capable of displaying various kinds of game information.
- Conventionally, as the above-mentioned gaming machine, machines have been known into which are incorporated an image display device to be visually recognized to enhance the effect of representation. In the image display device, during a period of time the game is carried out, in order to raise expectations and excitement of players, various characters are displayed to perform a variety of representation (representation image display).
- The above-mentioned image display device is installed in some portion of a housing of the gaming machine, and for example, as disclosed in Japanese Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2005-342344, a gaming machine (slot machine) is known where an image display device is configured to be a transmissive type, and the machine is configured to enable identification information of a variable display device (rotating reel display device), which is installed on the back of the image display device and variably displays a plurality of kinds of identification information, to be superimposed on an image of the image display device to be visually recognized. This slot machine is configured to perform variable display and stop display of a plurality of kinds of identification information (symbols) on conditions that a predetermined amount of BET and operation of a start lever is performed, and to add a predetermined amount of game value based on a combination of symbols stopped and displayed.
- However, in the gaming machine provided with the transmissive image display device as described above, rectangular display windows are formed in the diffusing sheet, light guide plate and the like constituting the image display device, corresponding to installation positions of rotating reels. The player is capable of visually recognizing the rotating reels constituting the variable display device from the display windows. Further, fluorescent lamps are installed in the upper and lower positions (upper and lower positions of the display windows) forward of the rotating reels, on the back of the image display device inside the housing of the gaming machine, and irradiate the rotating reels to enable the identification information to be visually recognized easily.
- The above-mentioned rotating reels are irradiated by the fluorescent lamps installed above and under the display windows. However, since the surface of each of the rotating reels is circular in cross section and curved, the curved vertex portion (which the player visually recognizes from the display window and which corresponds to on the pay line) is dark, and a problem arises that the identification information on the rotating reels is hard to see.
- Accordingly, a gaming machine is required which is a gaming machine that enables the variable display device to be visually recognized through the transmissive image display device and that makes it easier to visually recognize the identification information of the variable display device.
- In an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a gaming machine comprising a variable display device that variably displays a plurality of kinds of identification information required for a game and a transmissive image display device that enables the identification information of the variable display device to be visually recognized, wherein the transmissive image display device has a display panel that displays an image, and a light guide plate that is provided on the back side of the display panel and that irradiates the display panel while having a display window formed therein to cause the identification information of the variable display device to be visually recognized, and a deflecting member, which deflects introduced light introduced to inside the light guide plate toward a display portion of the identification information of the variable display device, is provided in a frame portion of the display window.
- Additional objects and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention. The objects and advantages of the invention may be realized and obtained by means of the instrumentalities and combinations particularly pointed out hereinafter.
- The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention, and together with the general description given above and the detailed description of the embodiments given below, serve to explain the principles of the invention.
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a slot machine that is an example of a gaming machine according to the invention; -
FIG. 2 is a view showing an enlarged game area of the slot machine; -
FIG. 3 is a view showing a rotating reel display device showing an example of a variable display device; -
FIG. 4 is a view showing a configuration of the rotating reel as shown inFIG. 3 ; -
FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view of a liquid crystal display device viewed from the inner side of the housing; -
FIG. 6 is a development view of a configuration of part of the liquid crystal display device; -
FIG. 7 is a view showing a schematic configuration of a prism sheet; and -
FIG. 8 is a schematic view showing a state where light introduced to a light guide plate is deflected toward a vertex area of the rotating reel. - One embodiment of a gaming machine according to the invention will specifically be described below with a slot machine exemplified.
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration example of the slot machine,FIG. 2 is a view showing an enlarged game area of the slot machine,FIG. 3 is a view showing a rotating reel display device showing an example of a variable display device, andFIG. 4 is a view showing a configuration of the rotating reel as shown inFIG. 3 . - The
slot machine 1 according to this embodiment is provided with ahousing 3 having an openable/closablefront door 2 at the front. In thefront door 2, a liquid crystal display portion (a liquid crystal display device) 2 a constituting a transmissive image display device is provided in the portion higher than almost the center at the front. In the inside of thehousing 3, a rotatingreel display device 3 having three rotatingreels crystal display portion 2 a). On the circumferential surface of each of the rotating reels, a plurality of kinds of identification information, for example, a symbol line is drawn, and symbols drawn on the rotating reels can respectively be visually recognized through rectangularsymbol display areas FIG. 2 ) formed in the liquidcrystal display portion 2 a. - A pay line L1 extending horizontally is provided in the
symbol display areas reels - The liquid
crystal display portion 2 a is provided with thesymbol display areas frame display areas areas representation display area 23. The windowframe display areas reels representation display area 23 displays dynamic images such as a representation image to determinably broadcast that establishment of wining a bonus can be achieved, representation image to increase interest in the game, information necessary for the player to develop the game with advantage, representation images for demonstration, and the like. - As a matter of course, the liquid
crystal display portion 2 a may display static images as well as dynamic images. Such static images may be displayed by image control in the liquid crystal display portion, or a configuration may be adopted that a panel on which the static image is drawn is attached. - A
base portion 4 with a substantially horizontal surface is formed under the liquidcrystal display portion 2 a. On the left side of thebase portion 4 are providedBET switches base portion 4 is provided amedal inserting slot 7 to insert a medal that is the game value, and to the right of theopening 7 is provided abill inserting slot 8 to insert a bill that is the game value. - In the center portion of the
base portion 4 is provided a start button (game start instructing means operable by a player) 10 to rotate the above-mentioned rotating reels by pressing operation of the player and start variations of symbols (start the game) in thesymbol display areas - Further, in the lower position of the
front door 2, amedal payout outlet 13 andmedal receiving portion 14 are installed, while to both sides of themedal payout outlet 13 are providedspeakers front door 2 is provided adividend table panel 16 for displaying combinations of wining symbols, the number of dividend medals and the like. - The above-mentioned liquid
crystal display portion 2 a is comprised of a transmissive liquidcrystal display device 30 provided with protection glass, display plate, liquid crystal panel, light guide plate, reflection film, light source, flexible board that is comprised of a table carrier package (TCP) installed with ICs for driving the liquid crystal panel and that is connected to a terminal portion of the liquid crystal panel, and the like. The detailed configuration of the transmissive liquidcrystal display device 30 will be described later. - A display mode of the liquid crystal panel is set at normally white, and enables symbols arranged on the rotating
reels symbol display areas reels symbol display areas symbol display areas - As shown in
FIGS. 3 and 4 ,LED lamps 29 are installed inside three rotating reels, 3L, 3C and 3R, of the rotatingreel display device 3. TheLED lamps 29 have a function as lighting means of areas mainly corresponding to thesymbol display areas reels - In the inside of the rotating
reels storage circuit boards 24 are installed on the back of symbols (total nine symbols; seeFIG. 2 ) in three vertical lines appearing in thesymbol display areas reels storage circuit boards 24 has three LED storage portions installed with a plurality ofLED lamps 29. In the figure, total nine LED storage portions are indicated by Z1, Z2, Z3 starting from the left in the upper stage, Z4, Z5, Z6 starting from the left in the center stage, and Z7, Z8, Z9 starting from the left in the lower stage. TheLED lamps 29 provided in the storage portions illuminate with white light the rear sides of the reel sheets with the symbols drawn thereon attached along the circumferential surfaces of the rotatingreels LED lamps 29 is transmitted to the front side. - As shown in
FIG. 4 , each of the rotating reels (the rotatingreel 3L on the left side is only shown) is comprised of a cylindrical frame structure formed by coupling twocircular frames coupling members 27, and aconveying member 28 for conveying the driving force of a steppingmotor 53L provided in the center portion of the frame structure to thecircular frames - Further, the LED
storage circuit board 24 disposed on the inner side of each rotating reel is provided with three LED storage portions, Z1, Z4 and Z7, each storing a plurality ofLED lamps 29. The LEDstorage circuit board 24 is installed so that the LED storage portions Z1, Z4 and Z7 are positioned on the back sides of respective symbols (total three symbols) that the player can visually recognize through thesymbol display area 21L. In addition, the rotatingreels reel 3L, and the LEDstorage circuit board 24 is provided inside each of the reels. - A configuration of the transmissive liquid
crystal display device 30 constituting the liquidcrystal display portion 2 a will be described below with reference toFIGS. 5 and 6 . In addition,FIG. 5 is a schematic perspective view of the liquidcrystal display device 30 viewed from the inner side of the housing, andFIG. 6 is a development view of the configuration of part of the liquidcrystal display device 30. - The liquid
crystal display device 30 is installed forward of the display areas of the rotatingreels polarizing film 32,liquid crystal panel 34, diffusingsheet 36,light guide plate 37,reflector 38, fluorescent lamps (individual lighting means) 37 a and 37 b that are so-called white light sources (including light of all wavelengths with rates such that specific colors are not distinguished by human eye),lamp holders 39 a to 39 d, flexible board (not shown) that is comprised of a table carrier package (TCP) installed with ICs for driving the liquid crystal panel and that is connected to the terminal portion of theliquid crystal panel 34, and the like. In addition, to the surface of thepolarizing film 32 is attached atouch panel 50 that is pressed and operated based on the content of display of theliquid crystal panel 34 and status of the game (protection glass may be attached instead of the touch panel.) - The
liquid crystal panel 34 is formed by sealing liquid crystal in between the transparent board such as a glass board or the like on which a thin-film transistor is formed and another transparent board opposite to each other. In thepanel 34, to the front side is attached thepolarizing film 32 to generate light (linear polarization) in the vibration direction of liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal panel, and to the back side is attached the diffusingsheet 36 to diffuse the light from thelight guide plate 37 to apply the light uniformly to theliquid crystal panel 34. The display mode of theliquid crystal panel 34 is set at normally white. Herein, the normally white is a configuration to make white display (the light goes to the display surface side, i.e. the transmitted light is visually recognized from the outside) when the liquid crystal is not driven. By adopting theliquid crystal panel 34 configured to be normally white, even when the situation occurs that the liquid crystal cannot be driven, it is possible to visually recognize symbols drawn on the rotatingreels symbol display areas reels - The
light guide plate 37 is provided on the back of theliquid crystal panel 34 to guide the light from thefluorescent lamps - Used as the
reflector 38 is, for example, a plate such that a silver deposition film is formed on a white polyester film or aluminum thin film, and thereflector 38 reflects the light introduced to thelight guide plate 37 toward the front side of thelight guide plate 37. - In the diffusing
sheet 36,light guide plate 37 andreflector 38, transmissive areas (36L, 36C and 36R), (37L, 37C and 37R) and (38L, 38C and 38R) are formed in relation to installation positions of the rotatingreels symbol display area FIG. 2 , and the light introduced to thelight guide plate 37 is reflected in areas except the transmissive areas to function as the lighting means of the windowframe display areas liquid crystal panel 34 andrepresentation display area 23. According to this configuration, the player is capable of visually recognizing the variable display and stop display of each of the rotating reels through the transmissive area, and therefore, enjoying the game according to the display manner of the rotating reels in thesymbol display areas crystal display portion 2 a. - The
fluorescent lamps light guide plate 37, and opposite ends of the lamps are supported bylamp holders lamp holders fluorescent lamps light guide plate 37, and function as the lighting means of areas mainly corresponding to the windowframe display areas representation display area 23 among areas of theliquid crystal panel 34. - Further, the
light guide plate 37 is provided with the deflecting members in the frame portions constituting thedisplay windows fluorescent lamps light guide plate 37 toward the surfaces of the rotating reels. Each of the deflecting members is to use the introduced light from thefluorescent lamps FIG. 7 ) formed in the shape of a sheet. - As shown in
FIG. 7 , theprism sheet 40 has, for example, a configuration such that a plurality ofprisms 41 of substantially triangular cross section is periodically arranged in a sheet made of resin that is a base material, and is configured to reflect the light incident uponinclined surfaces 41a of theprisms 41 periodically arranged by the surfaces to deflect. Such aprism sheet 40 can be formed integrally with a sheet material formed of a resin material such as PET, polycarbonate, acrylic resin and the like, and it is preferable to coat eachvertical surface 41 b constituting theperiodical prism 41 with ashading material 42 not to cause the introduced light to scatter (in the figure, the shading material is shown by oblique lines.) - An installation state of the
prism sheet 40 with respect to the frame portion is set so that, as shown inFIG. 8 , the introduced light Ra introduced to thelight guide plate 37 is deflected (deflected light Rb) toward the vertex area side of therotating reel 3L by the periodically formedprisms 41 as described above. In other words, theprism sheet 40 is attached to each of the upper and lower frames 37LA and 37LB of positions to which the introduced light is propagated within the frame portion constituting thedisplay window 37L. In this case, as shown in the figure, in therotating reel 3L, the display window side is curved, the upper and lower positions thereof (upper and lower symbols in the symbol line as shown inFIG. 2 ) tend to be dark, and therefore, such a setting is preferable that the deflected light Rb is applied particularly to the upper and lower symbol areas with respect to the center symbol position. In addition, the figure shows only the portion of thedisplay window 37L androtating reel 3L, but the same configuration is adopted to thedisplay windows rotating reels - According to the slot machine with the aforementioned configuration, during the game, the player visually recognizes symbol information of the rotating reels through the
display windows symbol display areas light guide plate 37 with the symbol information superimposed on the image information displayed in the transmissive liquidcrystal display device 30. In this case, by using theprism sheets 40 installed in the frame portion of each of the display windows, the upper and lower symbol positions are irradiated which are the curved portions of the rotating reel, and it is made easier for the player to see the symbol information visually recognized through the window frame. - As a matter of course, in the above-mentioned configuration, fluorescent lamps that apply the light to the rotating
reels reflector 38. In other words, by providing such fluorescent lamps, the surface areas of the rotatingreels liquid crystal panel 34. Accordingly, such fluorescent lamps can be made function as the lighting means of areas mainly corresponding to thesymbol display areas liquid crystal panel 34, in addition to the lighting means of the symbols arranged on the rotatingreels - Thus, according to the gaming machine with the above-mentioned configuration, during the game, players are able to visually recognize the identification information of the variable display device superimposed on the image information displayed in the transmissive image display device. In this case, the identification information is visually recognized through the display device formed in the light guide plate, and since the frame portion of the display device is provided with the deflecting member that deflects the introduced light toward the identification information display portion of the variable display device, the players become easier to visually recognize the identification information through the display window. Further, the identification information is visually recognized through the display window, and therefore, by providing the frame portion of the display window with the deflecting member, it is possible to efficiently irradiate the identification information.
- Further, according to the gaming machine with the above-mentioned configuration, the variable display device is provided with a rotating reel with the identification information described on its outer circumference, and the deflecting member is installed to apply the introduced light toward the vertex area of the rotating reel.
- Accordingly, the vertex area of the rotating reel constituting the variable display device is usually a pay line, and by irradiating the vertex area by the deflecting member, the player becomes easier to grasp a result of the game.
- The embodiment of the invention is described in the foregoing, but the invention is not limited to the aforementioned embodiment, and is capable of being modified in various manners.
- In the above-mentioned embodiment, the prism sheet is used as the deflecting member, but various kinds of members can be used which have the function of deflecting the light introduced to the
light guide plate 37 to the vertex area of the rotating reel. For example, a reflecting sheet may be used which has a coating such as silver or the like having the reflecting property. - Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the variable display device is configured as a rotating reel device that mechanically rotates, but is not limited to such a device that mechanically rotates to be visually recognized. For example, the variable display device may be configured using a device such as, for example, CRT, LCD, plasma display, organic EL display, liquid crystal projector and the like which displays images associated with the game.
- Furthermore, the invention is applicable to various kinds of gaming machines such as a pachinko gaming machine, arrange ball, mah-jongg gaming machine, video slot, video poker and the like, as well as the above-mentioned slot machine.
- Additional advantages and modifications will readily occur to those skilled in the art. Therefore, the invention in its broader aspects is not limited to the specific details and representative embodiments shown and described herein. Accordingly, various modifications may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the general inventive concept as defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.
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